We simulated a round-robin tournament featuring every Giants Super Bowl team to see how the current squad stacks up to the best teams in franchise history. Using our NFL simulation engine, we played the 2011 Giants head-to-head, 1,001 times, with the 2007, 2000, 1990 and 1986 Giants.

Giants Super Bowl Teams Head-to-Head: 1,001 Sims

Team

Win%

Avg PPG

Avg PPA

1

2011 New York Giants

61.1

27.7

24.2

2

1990 New York Giants

50.1

21.9

21.9

3

2000 New York Giants

49.7

22.3

22.3

4

1986 New York Giants

47.5

22.2

23.1

5

2007 New York Giants

41.5

21.8

24.4

The findings suggest this year's Giants team may be the best yet. Manning's 4,933 passing yards on the season, fourth-best in the league, impressed the engine as the 2011 edition outscored the other four Giants teams. Meanwhile, Manning's 2007 team was the most offensively-challenged in the simulation. Manning passed for 3,336 yards in 2007, but his team rallied from a 10-6 record to beat the previously-undefeated Patriots in one of the Super Bowl's biggest upsets.

We also simulated the 2011 Giants against the other 45 Super Bowl champions. Using our NFL simulation engine, we played a round-robin tournament in which each team played 101 games against every opponent, generating the win percentage and average score from those games. The 2011 Giants won 51.3 percent of the time, good enough for 20th among the 46 participants. At 27.1 points per game, the Giants scored the eighth-most points in the simulation. However, their defense also surrendered the third-most, allowing opponents to score 27.0 points per game.

All-Time Super Bowl Power Rankings

Team

Win%

Avg PPG

Avg PPA

1

1999 St. Louis Rams

80.8

32.9

21.4

2

1989 San Francisco 49ers

69.7

28.6

22.4

3

1991 Washington Redskins

67.2

27.3

21.6

4

1984 San Francisco 49ers

64.6

28.6

23.6

5

2009 New Orleans Saints

63.9

30.8

26.3

6

1996 Green Bay Packers

62.3

25.1

21.3

7

1985 Chicago Bears

61.6

24.2

20.4

8

1993 Dallas Cowboys

60.8

27.7

24.2

9

2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

60.6

22.9

19.5

10

1994 San Francisco 49ers

58

25.9

23.5

11

1979 Pittsburgh Steelers

57.5

25.1

22.4

12

2005 Pittsburgh Steelers

57.5

23.9

21.6

13

1998 Denver Broncos

57.1

26.9

24.7

14

1972 Miami Dolphins

56.8

26

23.2

15

1971 Dallas Cowboys

56.7

24

21.5

16

1992 Dallas Cowboys

54.8

24.6

22.9

17

1975 Pittsburgh Steelers

52.5

23.2

22.4

18

1969 Kansas City Chiefs

52.1

22.9

21.9

19

1995 Dallas Cowboys

51.4

25.7

25.4

20

2011 New York Giants

51.3

27.1

27

21

2010 Green Bay Packers

50.6

23.8

23.8

22

2004 New England Patriots

50.4

24.7

24.7

23

1976 Oakland Raiders

50.1

25.6

25.5

24

1988 San Francisco 49ers

49.7

24

24.2

25

1977 Dallas Cowboys

49.3

21.3

21.1

26

1987 Washington Redskins

49.1

25

25.3

27

1973 Miami Dolphins

49.1

22.2

22

28

2003 New England Patriots

49

21.1

21.5

29

2008 Pittsburgh Steelers

47.7

19.9

20.7

30

1997 Denver Broncos

47.6

25.4

26.3

31

2006 Indianapolis Colts

46.3

28.7

30.2

32

1968 New York Jets

46

22.4

23.6

33

2000 Baltimore Ravens

44.8

20

22.1

34

1966 Green Bay Packers

43.8

20.7

22.3

35

1978 Pittsburgh Steelers

42.5

20.1

22.3

36

1986 New York Giants

41.4

21

24.2

37

1983 Los Angeles Raiders

41.4

21.9

24.7

38

1990 New York Giants

41.2

20.3

23.2

39

1974 Pittsburgh Steelers

41.1

19.1

21.8

40

1982 Washington Redskins

38.9

20.3

24

41

1981 San Francisco 49ers

35.7

20.1

25

42

2007 New York Giants

35.4

21

26.1

43

1967 Green Bay Packers

33.4

19.5

25.1

44

1980 Oakland Raiders

29.1

17.8

24.8

45

1970 Baltimore Colts

25.8

17.8

26

46

2001 New England Patriots

23.6

18

27.8

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